Question

Hank consumes hamburgers and fries in fixed proportions. Specifically, for every hamburger he consumes,

he must consume 2 orders of fries. If the price of a hamburger if $3 and the price of an order of fries is $1, how

many hamburgers and orders of fries does Hank consume each week if his weekly hamburger/fries budget is

$20?

Select one:

a. 5 hamburgers and 10 orders of fries

b. 5 hamburgers and 5 orders of fries

c. 4 hamburgers and 8 orders of fries

d. 3 hamburgers and 6 orders of fries

Answer 1

( C ) is the correct answer of the above question

According to the question

The price of the hamburger is $3 and the price of the fries is $1. And for every hamburger he consumes 2 order of fries.

The budget of the consumer is $20.

Budget line

Money income = Price of commodity a × quantity of commodity a + price of commodity b × quantity of commodity b.

= 3 × 4 + 1 × 8

= 12 + 8

= $ 20

So the order of 4 hamburgers and 8 orders of fries fulfill all the condition s of the consumers .